Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-22
LXI. NEW SERIES VOL. XXXIH.

Moore Is expected to join the Montpelier
club Wednesday, two weeks earlier than
agreed upon. Griffin of Quincy,
Mass, who was engaged to catch Moore
for the Swantons has signed with Malone
.... The SuspenCer company take pos
session of their new building this week.
.....John O'Day of this place who has
been running local train on the Water
loo road for year or more has charge OF
the evening express to Montreal. ,.... The
Swantons have fully disbanded and offer
their base ball outfit for sale Work
has not commenced on the water works
YETI. Building and repairing continues
quite active here. John Tatro, who
ting citizen with an egg the morning
of the Fourth, has appealed.
Bristol.
There was good attendance at the but
ter market, Saturday Prices ranged from
10 to 10 cents. Miss Emma Ridley is
home Tor the summer vacation. The
Citizens band Will give an ice cream fes
tival on the park next Saturday evening.
There were 50 arrivals at the Bristol house
last week This his is one of the best t, coun,
try hotels in the State. NJ. L. Narney
has sold his undertaking business to NJ. >.
Varney. LA theatre company will oc
cupy Holley hall for the week beginning
August 1..... Rev. w. o. Tower preached
an excellent sermon Sunday morning at
IUt htlnOulSu CHuTCn. Ht SEVERAL lac
tlOns in the church unite in saying that
Mr.. Tower is the right mau for the place.
Next Sunday communion services Will be
held. The quarterly conference takes
place Monday evening next. The old
band gave a fine concert Saturday eve
ning.... Rev. p. b. Strong occupied the
desk at the Baptist church Sunday. 1t is
thought that he will receive call from
Malone, n. Y, shortly. .... George Bart
lett of Hoosick Falls, n. Y, is in town.
....."The observance of the Lords day,
or Christian Sabbath" will he Rev. w.
o. Towers text next Sunday morning. ...:
A short session OF police court was held
one day last week, but the attorney for
the defence found hole through which
his client escaped. Another sess ion was
held Wednesday, with fair prospects of
similar termination.
Enosburg Falls.
Senator, Marsh, Draper and Powell
held an examination of the candidates for
admission to Norwich university at the
Quincy House, Saturday. Homer K.
Chadwick and ]. Tundervllle were the
successful candidates, the former passing
375 out of a possible 400 and the latter
260.
Rev. c. II. Sweat arrived home Thurs
day from TWO weeks vacation, having
been over i'll the east part Of the State
visiting friends and relatives, much re-
freshed. .... There are eight new houses
being built here this summer.
Keelers Bay.
There is a big hay crop of good quality.
Corn and all other crops are looking fine.
Onions will not be more than half a crop.
Small fruits will be scarce. go. Last Fri
day, Benton A Hen and Lewis Lawrence
by the town authority were repairing the
highway in front of Peter Rivers house
when Rivers forbid their plowing there
as he claimed it was injuring his yard.
Words followed and then Rivers went
into his house and brought out revolver.
Rivers was arrested and arraigned before
Esquire Landon who placed him under
bail. He failed tn procure bonds and was
taken to North Hero and placed in the
cooler until the grand jury meets next
month. The fiourishing of revolvers in
this section of late has been quite too
familiar and this will perhaps be warn
ing to some others. Rivers has been ar
rested and placed in the cooler before for
the same offence, only it WAS a horse in
stead of a man that he drew his revolver
| on and shot.
Hyde Park.
Hon. c. S. Page and Editor Lewis have
returned from the editors excursion and
report good time..... While a little son
of Bi. Terrell was tying up 10 or 10 cows,
the floor gave way. letting them down In
W lue pdeeIntnt, except tnOae ne Hdu lleu
they We're left hanging. Mr.. Terrell was
quickly called and cut them loose, letting
them down with the rest Had this oc
CURED during the night, his loss would
have been great as it was no serious
damage was done. John Manning
conductor of mixed freight west, has
moved his family into the Lilley house.
Mrs. Cyrus Prouty and daughter from
Massachusetts are visiting at Mrs. G. l.
Waterman's. ......A little child of viii
Bailey's is quite sick 49,. Mrs. Jennie
Riley has rented rooms of +. +. Sawyer
and will soon move thereto. -. Dr. Ran
dall has opened livery and feed stable il
connection wich his hotel. This will give
us TWO liverics and possibly two hotels, as
George Brown, the other livery man
thinks OF setting up a hotel. .... Mrs. il
H. Parkhurst Of North Hyde Park dice
quite suddenly; funeral held Tuesday O
this week. She leaves a large family o
children to mourn her loss.
North Hero.
The first of the week finds larg,
amount of hay yet in the fields uncut
Some will not begin until the middle o
this week. 80. Some sneak has stolen tn,
, cast-iron plates which have the names 0
our bridge committee thereon off the Eas
end of the bridge. This is the outgrowtl
of the hard feelings which now exist owe
: the bridge which has been bone of con
tSnllon ever since IL was DuilU. L nredt
have been made to blow up O'Niel's scov
| with dynamite and the same is talke,
about the bridge. There is little telin!
where the wrangle will end but there ar,
indications that it is not yet.
Waterbury.
! The young ladies of the place held
I lawn party with ice cream and cake, IL
e school house yard, for the benefit of tn
| Citizens band last Friday evening. g.......
, Mrs. Barr aud Miss Bickiord of Wash
ngton, ID. C., are visiting with Justil
Moody Mrs. William Cooley, VIII
has been quite low with heart disease i
: some better. . Mrs. Ellen Herrick wa
e quite i'll last week, but is much better an
, waiting to hear from her relatives il
q Morrisville.
: Cambridge.
n Miss Eugenia Fullington of Massachu
: setts is spending her vacation here.
Mrs. Burnham is visiting her daughter
Mrs. &. III. Jones in johnson and Mis-
Laura Burnham is spending short tim
5. in Milton. Mrs. j. B. Page is entel
l. tanning western friends. w NJ. Smit